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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Q stand for?

2. What does Q say in an email to Jase?

3. What does Margo say would be impossible for Q and Margo?

4. For how long has Margo been gone when Q gets home to find some adults waiting for him?

5. Why is Ben happy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Robert Joyner and what do Margo and Q have to do with the man?

2. What does Margo ask Q when they are driving around, and where do they go?

3. What happens when Q, Radar and Ben approach an abandoned building in their search for Margo?

4. How does Q handle the problems with the school bullies?

5. What does Margo do to wreck vengeance on Becca?

6. How does Margo offer to reward Q and what is his response?

7. What does Margo give Q to do with as he likes?

8. How does Q feel the next morning and who does he tell about his escapades with Margo at Chuck's house?

9. Who questions Q about Margo's disappearance?

10. Why are things chaotic at school and what are a couple incidents that happen as a result?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What is foreshadowing? How many incidences of foreshadowing are in Paper Towns? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense?

2. Discuss an example of foreshadowing in Paper Towns including why you believe it is foreshadowing. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.

3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from Paper Towns and your own live to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Most protagonists are a mixture of admirable traits and character flaws, and Quentin is no exception. Discuss the following:

1. Trace and analyze situations when Quentin demonstrates his intelligence and his morals. Give specific examples to illustrate your analysis.

2. Trace and analyze Quentin's character flaws offering specific examples of these flaws in your discussion.

3. Discuss how you think Quentin 's admirable traits makes him do what he does about finding Margo. Have his flaws impacted his life? How do his flaws influence his handling of the Margo mystery?

Essay Topic 3

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think Paper Towns is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

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